{"id":711,"date":"2025-08-07T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2025-08-07T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:49:10","slug":"men-who-shot-cop-left-him-paralyzed-and-on-ventilator-get-a-dose-of-karma-in-court-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"Men Who Shot Cop, Left Him Paralyzed And On Ventilator Get A Dose Of Karma In Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two Atlantic City criminals got a dose of karma when they walked into court and saw it packed with police officers\u2014there to support one of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demitrius Cross and Martel Chisolm had attempted to rob three people outside Caesars casino when officers arrived, sparking a shootout. One suspect, 25-year-old Jerome Damon, was killed. Officer Josh Vadell, 29, was critically wounded but survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur hearts are heavy, but our resolve remains undeterred,\u201d said New Jersey PBA President Patrick Colligan. \u201cWe ask for prayers for Officer Vadell and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In court, the suspects were met with silent stares from a room full of police officers\u2014a powerful show of unity and justice. Sources later revealed that <strong>both men were not treated kindly behind bars<\/strong>, with other inmates reportedly making it clear what happens to those who harm law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Vadell\u2019s wife shared a hopeful update on Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cJosh is doing amazing! Off the ventilator, sitting up, speaking small words, and showing movement on his left side\u2026 He\u2019s improving every day because of all your love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The story went viral. One commenter wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThese two are a menace to society. They got what they deserved.\u201d<br>Another added:<br>\u201cGreat to see the men and women in blue standing strong together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Atlantic City criminals got a dose of karma when they walked into court and saw it packed with police officers\u2014there to support one of their own&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}